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[keasy]

As said before lappies are a dark and new art to me.

It's for my kid but I want the best for the money I can get.

Ain't bothered my arse about looks, performance to cost ratio is always king...after all, I ain't an Apple fanboi, I is a true core PC fanboi and pick performance always over looks 

On a budget of £400 max and I mean max btw as i not a penny over as the budget was originaly £330 but I've managed to squeeze that bit more out of Smattie.

I'll probably also use it to play HD content hooked direct via HDMI to my HD telly.

This looks well specced for the dosh and suits the needs but I've never heard of them ....

http://www.ebuyer.com/288206-zoostorm-laptop-7873-9032

[Wooster]

They do one called the Zoostorm Fizzbook that's designed for kids, UK company apparently.

Looks pretty reasonable spec for the money.

[keasy]

I think I'll just go with it in fact.

Okay an i3 DC ain't all that powerful but it's still more powerful than my last full DT rig so in that respect it's fine.
Good sized HDD and RAM for the money, infact it's well generous which is why I am having doubts again....after saying I think I'll go for it.

Fizzbook sounds intriguing, will check that out.

[keasy]

I love it.

Looks tough as old boots and really does look like it has been designed with a lot of thought for kids....thought being that it's not just some generic pish PC with colorful characters stuck on it to make it appealing to kids.


But for the price it's a bit weak on the power side. If I were a richer man I'd buy it without hesitation. But I get so much more for te money on a straight lappy. With lashings of fear instilled in regard to looking after it and not dropping it etc. Golden rule will be this laptop is not a laptop this laptop is small PC that will only be used on a desk top 

[Wooster]

I think there's a lot of effort going into not referring to them as laptops any more anyway.

[eatit]

You ordered yet?

I have a Dell XPS if you want to make an offer?
This one: http://www.trustedreviews.com/Dell-XPS-M1530_Laptop_review

I believe these are the correct specs (if your interested I will fire it up and triple check);
Model Number: XPS M1530

Processor type: Intel core 2 duo processor T5750

Memory: 4GB DDR

Hard disk: 250GB SATA 5400rpm

CD/RW: 24x (write CD-R, CD-RW)

DVD: 8x (DVD read)

DVD RW: 4x (write DVD +/-R DL), 8x (write DVD+RW)

Graphics: 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

[corroded]

What did you think of the XPS btw Tom. I vaguely remembered talking to you about it many moons ago

[keasy]

TBH I'd go for the Zoostorm Tom.

[Hap Hazzard]

Graphics: 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

I've came across lots of faults with this gpu and the 8600M on laptops, It's well known to fail. Overheating i believe.

[keasy]

I read that too, it's prone to a high rate of failure.

[Hap Hazzard]

A chap in my market is selling one of these i think 300 quids, it's about 5 months old boxed, red top and mint condition, i had a look today,nice, i bought the older version of the 17" dell inspirion, model 1750 a year ago off him,for my daughter and it still runs sweet.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Inspiron-17R-N7110-Notebook.52324.0.html

[keasy]

Too late I just bought the Zoostorm.

I'd have bought that as well on the knowledge you'd seen it.

Ah well.

[Hap Hazzard]

I had another look today at it, it's really smart, and it is in great nick, no marks on it at all.
I'm quite temped myself, but she would kills me if i comes homes with another one.

[Mad1]

Just bought a zoostorm pc for work, its was too cheap to pass up. Core i5 2310 2.9GHz quad core 8GB Geil ram, 1 TB Hitachi deathstar hard drive for £324
Its ok but the motherboard lets the overall spec down, its made by ECS, so great components then a shitty mobo to drive them. :S

I had a few problems with the network card and Norton Ghost, I had to manually load the drivers to image the PC. Thats poor quality Atheros tat too.

[Thermalsig]

Holy shit man! ECS is stil in business? I thought they went under.

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